British Supersport - Round 12 - Brands Hatch GP

Photo Credit Paul Davies

So here we are at the final round! I love the Brands Hatch GP circuit its defiantly one of my favourite tracks on the BSB calender. As its the last round I obviously wanted to end with two good results. We had a good qualifying and I was 6th EVO, 15th overall, the times were close and all the EVO's were together so I knew it was going to be a close race. 

Race 1
I fought into the first corner and stayed in my position of 6th EVO, I was right behind Paulo and I knew i had to stay with him if i had a chance of getting into the top 3, after about 4 laps I was dropping off slightly from Paulo I just couldn't seem to keep the pace, it then started to rain and the red flag came out with 3 laps to go and I finished 6th EVO 2 seconds behind Paulo and the group in front. I was dissapointed as I wanted a better result and I couldn't work out why I didn't have the pace of the riders in front. Out of the faster turns they just seemed to get the power down better than I could but through the slow turns such as Druids or Graham hill bend I was quicker. I had a few ideas for race 2 so I knew I had to get a strong start and push on.

Race 2
I got a great start and was right in the mix with Paulo, Neill and Estment. Perrin and Collier pulled a slight gap, but I stayed with my group for 3rd, after about 6/7 laps they then started to pull away again for whatever reason, same story as race 1, maybe I'd been to hard on my tyres or whatever but I could keep the pace and I dropped back on my own. I managed to pass Neill though so i moved up to 5th and then Paulo had an issue and pulled in so I found myself 4th 2 seconds behind Estment. Sam Thompson, Pett and Allingham caught up with me and we had a good battle for 4th with some good racing and overtaking which was good fun, but i was frustrated again as I know I have the pace to keep with the front guys but for whatever reason I couldn't. But I was pleased with a strong 4th place finish!

Massive thanks to Road and Race, Mark Hanna for all their support, hard work and help this season and for giving me a strong and fast race bike this year! the results have been up and down this season but I believe this class has been so much faster this year and I gave it my best.

Also big thanks to my sponsors Pipe Werx, Fuel 10K, Kushitani, Oxford Products, Pro Bolt, Purbrook Garage, Motor Parts Direct and Maxton Suspension.

Another big thanks to my Mum and Dad for all their support and help and also Pinky for his help all season!

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